LAWMAKERS on Friday expressed serious concerns on the preparations of the Department of Agriculture (DA) for El Niño after learning that no fund was allocated for drought-mitigation measures in the agency’s proposed 2016 budget.
Senate President Franklin Drilon said the DA is asking P1.9 billion for El Niño, but when lawmakers checked the amount on the proposed budget for the agriculture sector, they learned that it was not in the proposed budget.
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